Quinault > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Quinault
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kʷínaył; Queniut; kʷínayɬ
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
No known speakers. US Census (2000) lists 40. Ethnic population: 1,500 (1977 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
qun
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Tsamosan; Olympic (tsam)
Child Dialects:
Quinault; Queets (qun-que)
Queets; Quinault (qun-qui)
Brief Description:
"Quinault, one of the four languages of the Tsamosan division of the Salishan family, was spoken on the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington, in a small territory south of the Quileute. A substantial part of this territory is now the Quinault Reservation, centered on the community of Taholah, which the descendants of the Quinault-speaking groups share with several other tribes, including the closely related Lower Chehalis. The last first-language speaker of Quinault died recently. Up to half a dozen second-language speakers in their 50s have limited knowledge of vocabulary and phrases." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 21
UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Quinault
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